Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-17
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From tho Rev York Times.
The rest week hes been favorable for all /
kinds Of fruits now 10 ssason, and more |
liberal supply OF better quality 10 looked for |
this week. The principal fruit, the peach, |
was scarce and high all lest week. The va
riety that should have come from Delaware
and Maryland In great abundance - the
Mountain Rose-proved almost = total fail
urA When these peaches began 10 ripen
there waa every indication Of . fair crop, but
instead Of ripenine, most Of them rolted on
the tfeeA There would have teen many
moro here, however, had not buy ers from all
the cities within 400 miles OF the Delaware
district (northeast and west gone down 10
Delaware and created an unusually fine
homo market for this fruit
Mountain Rose peaches OF fair quality were
sold at the railroad stations on the Peninsula
for upward Of 81 per basket, and such tine
| fruit ~ Crswford and Reeves sold In largo
| quantities for "a high "a 81 30 per basket
| The New Jersey crop has not matured suth.
ciently yet, or had not last week, to influence
the market, and the Michigan crop Will not
be In composition with the other peach pro-
ducing sections for week or ten days The
prices obtained for peaches by the PENN.
sula growers this season will make the small
crop there nearly - profitable - II the
unusually large crop anticipated had been
There will be some very fine peaches in the
market this week. The yellow peaches from
Maryland aud Delaware are oi the choicest
varieties. They will be large and Of fiue
flavor, and Will doubtless sell tor high prices
| from 81 50 to $50 per basket The red
fruit from New Jersey will be mostly
Mountain Rosa Much of 1t will be very
| fine, and this fruit will Wholesale at from 81
| to 81 10 per basket
There will be an abundance OF good spplesL
, | The south Jersey crop is fully as good this
L n UrDsfnC0(i th0r0 0tthin q a
| The apples are unusually free from worms,
and good cooking spples, also suitable for
eating out Of hand, can be obtained this week
at Wholesale at from 81 to 81 80 per barrel.
/ apples 20 much esteemed by housekeeperi
! for jelly making will be Of good quality
, abundant and cheap. And there will be
large supply this week OF the larger variety
! the transcendent, but crab apples may II
: obtained at any time during the next two
; | monthA
Piums will be very scarce There shoult
, be some egg plums and green Cages here thi
the supply will be very limited.
E Bartlett pears will be In prime corditior
, | next week, although some very good one
, may be obtained now. They win be yer,
. Tomatoes will be scarce for two week
1 more, but they were higher last week thai
. they will again be this year.
Tue snort Peach Crop.
/
{ The very short crop Of peaches Is csusin
Il | increased anxiety among the packers, VIII
). are pondsring where to get enough fruit I
~ commence business On August 10 last yea
y oil the packing houses were III full operation
o and employing large numbers of hands VIII
Il | generally depend upon that class of labor
q At present but three or four OF the thirty cd,
~ establishments in the city have made star
. !, on the small quantities they could get Tn
q | peckers during the busy season use from
| %, 900 to 81, 600 boxes daily. Only titteel
hundred boxes arrived Monday, which wer
| bought by the dealers for the markets an,
y stores in the city, and small quantities wer
}. | sent out Of town. Dealers think that nc
more than fifteen hundred packers will a
| rive on any one day during the season. On
\. | steam boat line which averaged & 900 to 10
: | 900 boxes daily last season, Monday oul
. | 500 from the heart Of the peach country O
q | the Eastern shore The Wheeler Lin
1t brought $40 boxes from Caroline county
d consigned to . well-knoWn packer, VII
visited the above mentioned county and ~
cured the fruit at cheap prices, beating Ne
York and Philadelphia com mpetitorA Sever
~ l carloads OF peaches are eX pected Tuesdi
lis | from Delaware, where the crop il said TO
20 | fair and growers seek this MARKET g t
North il being supplied from New Jerse
Dealers in this city have gone to Delaware
n. purchase The supply OF black berries, hue
Ieberries, rsspberriea and other fruits We
also very short No apples are comi
either, but the prospect for pears 10 said u
OF good. The fruit market, especially, peach
he has not been barer for number OF years.